Adomnán's life of Columba /
Columba is one of the best-known saints of the early Celtic church; through his foundation of the abbey of Iona he had a far-reaching influence on medieval Christianity. In about 700, a century after his death, the Life of Columba was written by Adomna'n, ninth abbot of Iona. It has long been v...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1991
Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1991 Oxford ; New York : 1991 Oxford ; New York : 1991 Oxford ; New York : c1991 Oxford : New York : 1991 |
| Series: | Oxford medieval texts
Oxford medieval texts |
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| Summary: | Columba is one of the best-known saints of the early Celtic church; through his foundation of the abbey of Iona he had a far-reaching influence on medieval Christianity. In about 700, a century after his death, the Life of Columba was written by Adomna'n, ninth abbot of Iona. It has long been valued as the major primary source on the subject, for the light it throws on early medieval Scotland and Ireland, and as an important work of literature. For some time unavailable, Anderson has now revised the Latin text and the English translation, provided new historical notes, and rewritten the Introduction to take account of recent work in the area |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC Translation of: Vita S. Columbae |
| Physical Description: | lxxx, 263 p. ; 22 cm lxxx, 263 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm lxxx, 263 p., [4] p. of plates : facsims. ; 23 cm lxxx, 263 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm lxxx, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm lxxx, 263 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [viii]-xiv) and indexes Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0198202156 0198222874 : 0198222874 9780198202158 9780198222873 |